Magazine claims foreign intelligence agency BND collected the phone calls by accident within the context of other operations German intelligence services eavesdropped on calls made by US secretary of state John Kerry and his predecessor Hillary...

The inauguration of the new president of Iran, Hasan Rouhani, presents “an opportunity” for Tehran to resolve concerns over its nuclear programme and better engage with the West, the Obama administration said on Sunday. In a...

Protests led by veteran civil rights leaders and the parents of Trayvon Martin are set to take place across the US on Saturday, amid ongoing anger over the acquittal of the man who shot dead the unarmed black teenager. Demonstrators are set to...

Venezuela‘s offer of asylum could be NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden‘s “last chance” to avoid extradition to the US, an influential member of the Russian parliament suggested Sunday. Alexei Pushkov, who chairs the...

Statement says US ‘not aligned with any political party or group’ as Muslim Brotherhood questions ElBaradei reports The White House has rejected “false claims” that it is working with specific parties in Egypt to...

Returning from trip to US prison camp, senators says inmates’ care is ‘safe and respectful’ as dozens protest treatment A cross-party delegation consisting of two leading US senators and President Barack Obama’s most...

Young soldier goes on trial Monday, charged with ‘aiding the enemy’ over sharing information on US military with WikiLeaks Supporters of accused WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning protested outside Fort Meade on Saturday just two days...

Paula Broadwell speaks publicly for the first time about the extramarital affair that led to the CIA director’s resignation The woman whose affair with David Petraeus cost the four-star general his job as CIA director has spoken of her...

The fatal shooting of a gay man just blocks from New York’s historic Stonewall Inn was a hate crime and could be linked to a rash of recent homophobic attacks, police said. Before opening fire early Saturday, the gunman confronted the...

Lawyers for inmates say humiliating body searches instituted for prisoners who wish to talk to their representatives Hunger-strikers being force fed at Guantánamo Bay are shackled to a chair, fitted with a mask and have tubes inserted through...

Senator John McCain accused the White House of a “coverup” over Benghazi on Sunday, ratcheting up Republican pressure over the administration’s handling of last September’s consulate attack. Speaking on ABC’s This...

More than half of the remaining detainees at Guantánamo Bay are now on a hunger strike, US military officials confirmed Sunday. Of the 166 inmates at the controversial detention camp in Cuba, 84 are refusing all food as a protest against their...

A British hunger striker inside Guantánamo Bay has laid bare the deteriorating conditions of inmates, expressing fears that he and others will soon die as a result of what he described as “systematic torture”. Shaker Aamer, the...

A pro-gun lobby group broke ranks with the powerful National Rifle Association (NRA) on Sunday, stating it would endorse a bill that includes expanded background checks. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Bear Arms, which is said to...

Teenage heartthrob and recent controversy magnet Justin Bieber has again left the internet slack-jawed, this time over comments left at the Anne Frank House. The Canadian pop star used part of his downtime from touring the cities of Europe to...